Luke 10:31
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
In context
29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
33 But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.
Luke 10:31 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- KJV King James Version
- And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- WEB World English Bible
- By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.